JP.. Its great that your wife is obsessed with sewing!!! I sew everything I was hoping there would be a way to sew bee boxes LOL but NOPE!

If you ever want to get your wife a "sewing" gift and if she doesn't have one already get her a serger/overlock machine....every sewer can use one of those I use mine ALL the time and it makes sewing things like clothese, blankets etc a breeze!!

Will have to check it out Lori, thank you! BTW that quilt you made for the college student is awesome!

Kathy, she's not selling anything....Yet ;) Her first customer was her sister. :)

JP,just out of curiosity do you have the same user-name at the chicken forum? i believe i have seen the post over there but i haven't read any of it.

what kind of chickens do you keep?

after my battles with the coons & possums i have a good quad of RC RIR and 2 Buckeye hens left.

T.J.

Yes, same user name on backyard chickens.

I'm down to one black sex link, one SLW, one BO & one easter egger.

I actually had a small possum get into the coop one night. My wife said she wasn't closing the coop door when she let the dogs out because there was some type of hideous rat thing inside the coop staring down the birds.

It was a small & young possum. I got him to clinch onto a stick & brought him to the canal bank. Placed him on the ground and the little booger hissed and jumped at me! I told him most people would have killed his azz & that he should be grateful I didn't. Then I had to walk away laughing at myself for having a conversation with a possum! :-D

I assembled 200 frames and cut out 35 hive bodies yesterday and this morning I find myself staring at the clock wondering just how early I can fire up the saws without the neighbors lynching me. Better drink another cup or two of coffee first :-P Would really like to cut out 50 more bodies today.

I agree there JP, spring/ summer is my busiest time. So I trying to make sure I have too much equipment ready before then so I never have to rush and make needed equipment. Rushing and power tools makes for bad things happening lol.

I can't see any possible way I could run out of equipment and everything should be ready before swarm season starts here around May 1st. I'm going to hang the traps around April 1st and bees are scheduled to be here around May 1st ( depening on weather ofc)

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

I had problems with the router yesterday so I only got 35 Hive bodies ready to assemble. In about fifteen minutes it will be time to get the lazy neighbor outa bed (10 am) and I think I will go ahead cut out all the bottom boards today. Hmm 15 minutes, I can probably get 2 more cups of coffee down in that amount of time and raise my goal to 50.

When I get a day warm enough to glue everything I want to have a huge stack of things cut out so I can take advantage. Looks like Wed evening might work for a little while after I finish working but no other days in the next ten will hit 47 :-x

""Hmm 15 minutes, I can probably get 2 more cups of coffee down in that amount of time and raise my goal to 50.""

WOW!, and I thought I drank a lot of coffee, but no where near 50 cups a day. :? :shock: :-D

Just thought I would resurrect this thread.

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"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

Beautiful... In our younger years, we took in teenage foster children on a 30 day emergency basis until they could be placed in a permanent home. We would have each one, boys and girls, sew a top together and then all of us would quilt it by hand. Then I would bind the border on a commercial machine. It was something special they had made themselves, and could go anywhere they were placed.

Iddee--that is so totally awesome! I love how on forums like this people may disagree in politics or other things but then so wonderfully discover something like this about another person. We're a new foster family ourselves, so I have a very special spot in my heart for those who have done it long before us :)

I need to order about 70 chicks for fall laying. Also need to get the house deep cleaned before summer comes! As for tonight, I'm making maple-walnut biscotti for a trip with my sister to our brother's house. Can't wait!

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The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. ---Emily Dickinson

Well, were gonna have a great day in N Central PA.Bright sun right off and temps in the 60s.I talked to Bud1 early today. With cranking the clock ahead an hour I'll be able to putter around a while before leaving to go watch our first local sprint car race of the season.Awesome week ahead too.

Had my sister n law snap this shot this morning. Trying to stay ahead built 18 mediums, one deep & one deep nuc today, some frames and a few top covers. I don't think you can ever have too much equipment on hand considering one hive could easily wind up with five or more boxes in a good flow.

Sitting here drinking coffee (ofc), wondering if it is going to rain today or not. Was supposed to rain all day yesterday and never got a drop. I need to put the last coat of paint on all my equip as my bees arrive next Saturday.